Falling asleep straight after sex proves you are in love

Nodding off straight after sex proves you are in love and not that you are only after one thing, say psychologists.

Dozing off straight after sex doesn’t mean you’re only after one thing – it actually means you’re completely in love… (Picture: Stock)

So if your blood boils as your other half passes out immediately following sex, calm down, itâs because they love you.

And contrary to popular belief, it is not always the man who dozes off first in a heterosexual relationship and the woman is more prone to a bit of shut eye before their lover if no sex has gone on.

âThe more oneâs partner was likely to fall asleep after sex, the stronger the desire for bonding,â said study leader Daniel Kruger of the University of Michigan.

âPerhaps men stay awake longer as an artifact of mate guarding â making sure the woman doesnât leave them for another partner,â said co-author Susan Hughes of Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. âMen may also stay awake longer in an attempt to entice their partner into having sex.

âReproductive strategies donât end with intercourse; they may influence specific behaviours directly following sex.

âFalling asleep before oneâs partner may be a non-conscious way to foreclose on any commitment conversation after sex,â she said.

Mr Kruger and his team examined the responses of 456 people who filled out an online survey into post-coital activity and expectations. Their findings were published in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology.